Whitehall and Montague's bowling teams split their rivalry matches Monday at Northway Lanes. The Viking boys earned a 23-7 win, while Montague's girls team won 18-12.
The race for which boys team got to take home the bowling pin trophy that is awarded to the Whitehall vs. Montague cumulative winner each year came down to a tiebreaker, as Montague won the first boys' matchup between the teams by an identical 23-7 score.
"We did get bowling pins a couple years ago and laminated
them - half Montague and half Whitehall - and use them like the football
team does the Bell," Montague coach Joshua Chamberlain said.
The Wildcats won that tiebreaker, securing the trophy. Chamberlain said after the numbers were crunched, it was determined Montague had earned a total score of 3,500 to Whitehall's 3,426 in the two matches. (The Montague girls won both matches this season and will also have their bowling pin trophy until next year.)
Whitehall dominated the Baker games portion of the boys' matchup, outscoring Montague 8-2. In individual play, Jeffrey Hackey and Max Schneider had the two highest scores, a 206 and 195 respectively. Peyton Gabriel was the lone Viking to win both of his individual games, but Hackey, Schneider and Mason Slaughter each won one of theirs and the Vikings also had the higher cumulative team scores in both individual games, earning 10 more team points.
"Our boys were able to turn the table this time around," Whitehall assistant coach Zach Zweigle said. "It's nice to see them starting to settle in, especially
right before the regional tournament."
Matthew Leatherman had Montague's high game for the boys, rolling a 196. Ethan Hite bowled a 172.
Montague's Jordyn Tolan winds up to deliver her ball during Monday's match against Whitehall. The Wildcat girls won 18-12, and Tolan's 187 was her team's highest individual score.
On the girls' side, the Wildcats held a narrow 6-4 edge in Baker game points. Jordyn Tolan delivered an impressive 187 to pace the Wildcats in individual play, and Alanna Hysell won both her games. Felicity Dingman rolled a 160 to lead the Vikings.
"Although we
didn't come out on top, some of the younger girls are really stepping up
to the plate," Zweigle said. "We are super optimistic for the future as they are
continuing to get better every match."
Also Monday, Whitehall made up a snowed-out match against Fremont. The Viking boys took a 22-8 defeat and the girls lost 30-0. Schneider rolled the Whitehall boys' high score, a 176, and Delaney Kramer bowled a 156 for the girls' team.
